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Friday, January 15, 2010

Paris Patisseries:History Shops Recipes

So tighten your bibs this morning PBers.

There's gonna be a whole lot of droolin' goin' on.Ze book I have been waiting for arrived yesterday:Paris Patisseries:History Shops Recipes And it is worth every minute of anticipation and excitement.The photographs by Christian Sarramon are incredible and incomparably detailed - almost better than the real thing! There are plenty of interior shots too like Angelinas here...

And Poilane's galette des rois here. The text is just as detailed as the photographs. You almost don't need to go to Paris.

Compare Sarramon'sBle Sucre's tarte tatin...

With my pathetic shot. Oh well c'est la vie..

There are two dozen recipes both metric and non-metric for the bakers out there. And extensive details on the best patisseries in Paris in the back of the book - this is a team effort and part of an excellent series published by Flammarion. The intoduction is by none other than Pierre Herme so everything is top drawer about this book.

I give it 5 miams.

That's the top grade at PB.

A box of French macarons also arrived yesterday!

Two dozen in fact and none of them broken. I asked The Tea Room to send me a box to try out and I have a happy report.

They are very nice indeed.

Not Parisien bien sur, but French and good size, good texture, good taste and the price is not bad at all in my opinion. Certainly worth munching on while you drool on the above book (just to get the full Frenchie experience).

Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, nowI feel good, I knew that I would, nowSo good, so good, I got you

Whoa! I feel nice, like sugar and spiceI feel nice, like sugar and spiceSo nice, so nice, I got you

Oh Carol oh me oh my oh.Another morning of being jolted awake by PB, this time with James Brown "feelin' goooood" at the bottom of my screen, and the yellow & peach macarons at the top!What a way to start my day, and end the week.Bill

What a beautiful book! I haven't even had my Australian Breakfast yet and all I want is a Paris Breakfast complete with sugary treats like half a dozen macarons just like I have when I'm in Paris. Droooolll

I'm just writing to let you know that your blog is utterly fantastic, and if it wasn't for your blog I would have never known about Macarons. I was inspired to try them, and they are sooo good. Thank you so much. Happy Blogging! :o)

Don't be too hard on your photography. After all, I'm sure les bakers Parisienne were only too happy to let M. Sarramon take all the pastries he could carry to his lavishly equipped studio, complete with glare umbrellas. I'd like to see what Sarramon could do while standing in line, sneaking shots from under his handbag!Thanks for both tips...I plan a wonderful weekend one day soon.

Eh, magnifique. Now I know what to get my youngest sister, a former pastry chef (who still loves it but enough already) for her spring birthday. She makes them for family & friends)...she will love this.

Okay, it's entirely your fault -- I am now a macaron addict! I've been following your blog for a while now (love your photos and art!) and have been dying to try macarons. So, when I read that they are available at Trader Joe's - well, I had to try them. Oh, that first bite into the chocolate macaron! Ooh-la-la!! Hope I get the chance to try the real thing in Paris one of these days.

I recently came by Paris Breakfast and I can't tear myself away from it. I've always loved all things French but it always felt like no matter how hard I try to bring myself a little closer to Paris...Your blog has given me such a sense of closeness with Paris, its food, its beauty, its marriage between rustic elegance and modern glamour! I'm so jealous!

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l'Ile Saint Louis, Paris, Ile de France, France

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